Monetomi

Posted: January 7, 2014

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Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	171

First Seen:	January 7, 2014
Last Seen:	February 3, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Although the online world already is full of more adware than can be counted, Monetomi has become an entirely unnecessary addition to their numbers. A late arrival from 2013, Monetomi launches advertisements in your browser by modifying the underlying Web pages and by loading extra content on top of them, both of which are performance-hindering issues that may destabilize your browser, or even threaten your online safety. Using updated anti-adware or anti-malware programs for removing Monetomi is a matter of keeping your browser within your control and unexposed to the dangers of advertisements from potentially risky third parties.

The Monetomi Browser Monetization Plan

Monetomi is adware with a distribution plan that seemingly came to a head late in 2013. In the months of September and October, reports began to pour in of computer users dealing with unwanted copies of Monetomi that appeared on their PCs without any known means of installation. Malware researchers haven't verified the concrete distribution tactics in use yet, but bundle-based installers that may install Monetomi along with any unrelated programs are the most likely infection vectors. Other options include Trojans delivered through spam and other kind of attacks launched through a compromised (or hacked) Web domain.

Monetomi, which sometimes is referred to by its more 'official' title of Monetomi Deals, specializes in advertisements that are related to your online shopping activities. Visiting popular e-retailers may trigger the Monetomi's advertisements, which include an additional product search bar at the top of your browser window and links to a variety of affiliates' products. However, malware researchers haven't found any evidence of these deals being especially noteworthy or superior to anything you'd find without Monetomi's assistance.

Pulling Your Browser out of Monetomi's Easy Money Maker

Monetomi's advertisements rarely are unsafe, but also aren't likely to have any strict securities in place to protect their viewers. Malware researchers only classify the Monetomi adware as a Potentially Unwanted Program, but it should be noted that Monetomi has a history of using the traditional distribution methods of threats. Considering that, trusting Monetomi to have your safety or best interests at heart is decidedly unsafe, and you'd be wise to delete Monetomi with any reputable PC security product.

Monetomi does have a particular tendency, even more so than other adware products, to install itself automatically. Anti-malware features of relevant security programs should provide a good level of baseline defense against bundled software. Even if you have these tools, malware researchers still recommend that you avoid any file download sources (whether they're websites, torrent networks or other file-downloading locations) that have known connections to adware like Monetomi.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updatemonetomi_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updatemonetomi_RASMANCSSoftware\monetomiSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updatemonetomi_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updatemonetomi_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilmonetomi_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilmonetomi_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\monetomiSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update monetomiSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Util monetomiSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\Update monetomiSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update monetomiSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Util monetomiSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update monetomiSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Util monetomi

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%PROGRAMFILES%\monetomi%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\monetomi